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Operating System Recovery

Information in This Appendix

Information in This Appendix
Appendix D at-a-Glance
Section Title
Overview
System Recovery Procedure
Overview
This recovery procedure will completely restore the operating system of the PNA series
network analyzer to the original factory condition. It will not function if the hard drive is
damaged.
If you have made an emergency repair disk, you may be able to recover from some
Windows system problems without the loss of data. Refer to Windows 2000 Help or contact
your systems administrator.
Use this procedure for the following types of situations:
• If you are recovering from a corrupted operating system.
• If you have security concerns where all previous usage remnants need to be eliminated.
• If the network analyzer must be in a known configuration, such as for rental companies.
The hard drive in the PNA series network analyzer has two partitions (drives):
• C: drive—contains the Windows 2000 operating system (NTFS format). This is the
normally used partition and it contains all the programs and other needed files.
• D: drive—is the Disaster Recovery Partition. It contains a compressed image of the C:
drive as it existed when shipped from the factory, plus its support files. It may also
contain other items such as drivers or firmware. DO NOT USE THIS DRIVE FOR
NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY USE.
IMPORTANT The recovery procedure will erase the entire C: drive and the following
information will be lost:
• all changes and additions made to the network analyzer since it's purchase
(except options)
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Summary of Content
Overview of the analyzer's hard disk drive file
storage system and the impact of the operating
system recovery procedure on that file storage
system.
Step-by-step instructions for how to restore the
operating system on your analyzer.
PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
E8362A, E8363A, E8364A
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